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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2013 11:44:46 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2013 11:53:18 GMT
An enjoyable 6.5/10 album for me,
tap out, welcome to japan, slow animals, chances.
.....are the standout tracks.
Chances in particular, I'm blown away by this.
The rest is quite average/bad.
It's probably better than Angles, but doesn't break into the holy trinity of the debut, follow up, and first impressions of earth.
First impressions was bloated and inconsistent, but a song like you only live once would be deemed a classic in any era.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2013 12:17:19 GMT
Horrible band.
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Post by bakester on Mar 24, 2013 12:30:19 GMT
I agree with axl but I am gonna bump my rating to a 7. I'm in the middle of my second listen and I like a lot of bits on it. Was hoping I could say something like "I REALLY LOVE THE SHIT OUT OF THIS" but alas that never happens with anything so I'm not sure what I'm bitching about.
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Post by bakester on Mar 24, 2013 12:32:06 GMT
Is anyone listening to those original m4a files? They seem to be lacking treble. Can anyone confirm this?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2013 12:32:09 GMT
I agree with axl but I am gonna bump my rating to a 7. I'm in the middle of my second listen and I like a lot of bits on it. Was hoping I could say something like "I REALLY LOVE THE SHIT OUT OF THIS" but alas that never happens with anything so I'm not sure what I'm bitching about. ;D ;D |
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Post by grotesque on Mar 24, 2013 12:39:25 GMT
For what it is, it´s pretty good. Interesting things going on, however it feels to me like casablancas´ unique voice is being wasted by too much effect and falsetto singing (which is not his strength at all)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2013 12:44:27 GMT
the falsetto works really well on chances, but its really fucking annoying on pretty much everything else. The last song is ridiculous  Bring back the crescendo croon. |
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Post by weetabix on Mar 24, 2013 15:09:02 GMT
I agree with axl but I am gonna bump my rating to a 7. I'm in the middle of my second listen and I like a lot of bits on it. Was hoping I could say something like "I REALLY LOVE THE SHIT OUT OF THIS" but alas that never happens with anything so I'm not sure what I'm bitching about. You just can't realistically put an accurate number rating on any album based on one and a half listens, IMO. The album (and more specifically, all of the effects and falsettos with Julian's voice) grated on me for the first few listens. Was working on a big proposal at work this week and locked myself in my office for 8 hours and ended up hammering the entire album on repeat and now, cannot stop listening to it. For me, it's only behind Is This It and Room On Fire, which are two of my favourite albums of all time. I rate it about an 8 or 8.5. |
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Post by poopy on Mar 24, 2013 16:14:59 GMT
after two listens  i deleted it  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2013 16:32:13 GMT
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Post by weetabix on Mar 24, 2013 18:05:31 GMT
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Post by jp on Mar 24, 2013 21:07:23 GMT
only a few songs into this so far but not really enjoying it too much.
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Post by bakester on Mar 25, 2013 1:31:24 GMT
I agree with axl but I am gonna bump my rating to a 7. I'm in the middle of my second listen and I like a lot of bits on it. Was hoping I could say something like "I REALLY LOVE THE SHIT OUT OF THIS" but alas that never happens with anything so I'm not sure what I'm bitching about. You just can't realistically put an accurate number rating on any album based on one and a half listens, IMO. That is fair, which is why I just sprawled a couple sentences about my initial thoughts, not an entire review. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2013 16:02:11 GMT
Just fucking hit him Bakester. You are the manliest man I know on the internet. If I was as big and vital as you I wouldn't take shit like that, especially from a Mexican.
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Post by weetabix on Mar 25, 2013 16:44:08 GMT
 I'm not mexican. I'm the Toronto dude. 
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Post by barny on Mar 25, 2013 17:05:44 GMT
btw you can find on the net Fast Animals, an alternate version of Slow Animals released as a bonus track |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2013 17:31:16 GMT
I'm not mexican. I'm the Toronto dude. I'm only kidding  Though I'd be careful what you say in front of Bakester, the man is a machine. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2013 0:16:12 GMT
Great album you dingles.
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Post by Autobahn 66 on Mar 26, 2013 3:08:44 GMT
Way better than angles .
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I'm not mexican. I'm the Toronto dude. 
